The pandamic was the perfect polarizing force for someone like joe rogan and his audience, because it plays into all his weak spots. His audience tends to be, let's just say, it leans toward people who reject conventional wisdom. I guess this brings us back to what exactly it means to live like joa rogan, and why exactly people want to do that. You help me understand it.
The podcast host built a massive audience by speaking to fringe figures in culture, business, and science. During the pandemic, that got him in trouble with Neil Young, among others.
This episode was produced by Will Reid and Amina Al-Sadi, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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